Horsehair worms can grow up to a foot long and manipulate host insects — and sometimes show up in toilets — but are harmless ...

Research has identified the first inter-species signaling pathway between an arthropod parasite and host, where molecules in the blood of a host animal triggers the immunity and development of a ...

They have affected the distribution patterns of parasites and arthropod vectors, leading to foreign pathogens in new geographical areas. This incidence could eventually pose severe threats to ...

Parasites aren’t particularly associated with branches of the tree with more or fewer twigs.” But some groups seem to be especially prone to evolving parasitism. The arthropods—the hard ...

Although blood meal proteome analysis is described for a tick parasite, it can be adapted to analyze other hematophagous arthropods with similar success. Transport the collected tick samples to ...

No parasites were visually detectable on the racks, floor, or walls in Room 3. However, in Rooms 1 and 2, tiny 1-mm long arthropods, varying in color from red to black, were attached to both sides ...

The Terrestrial Parasite Tracker will be available through the Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network, or SCAN. A&M’s department of wildlife and fisheries sciences and department of ...

Research led by a University of Maryland team has identified the first inter-species signaling pathway between an arthropod parasite and host, where molecules in the blood of a host animal ...